The reformer Thomas Poole founded the Quantock Savings Bank in Nether Stowey, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. The bank commenced operations on 29 October 1817.[1]
On 20 November 1844 it held £34,953 in deposits and 817 open accounts. It opened once per week, from 12 to 2pm on Mondays.[1] The bank moved to 12 Lime Street in 1848. It maintained agencies in other parishes.
The bank ceased operation in 1884.
Citations and references
editCitations
- ^ a b Pratt (1846), p. 128.
References
- Pratt, John Tidd (1846). A Summary of the Savings Banks in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, etc.